Have a disaster plan in place

12:40 AM,
Sep. 25, 2005

Written by

Laurie Hlavaty
Poughkeepsie Journal

Would you be ready if a fire, flood, storm or other natural or man-made disaster hit your home or city?

That's what Together We Prepare, a program from the American Red Cross, recommends you ask - and act on.

The hurricanes that have pummeled the Gulf Coast states during the last month have shown the importance of disaster planning. The likes of Hurricane Katrina or Rita aren't likely to affect the mid-Hudson Valley but other disasters might. Consider house fires, blizzards and power outages or more terrorist attacks. ...